Meaning

3 senses
  1. A mermaid from a blackwater creek or river.

  2. (often)Synonym of snowdrop.

  3. A smoked or salted pilchard.

Origin

From fair + maid. Corruption of Spanish fumado.

From fair + maid.

Corruption of Spanish fumado.

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Forms

plural: fairmaids
Singularfairmaid
Pluralfairmaids

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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